What is Guasha?

M E R I D I A N   W E L L N E S S What is Guasha? Guasha is a healing technique based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, and it has been practised for thousands of years. Guasha stimulates the flow of qi and blood within our meridian systems and it is done through the use of a guasha board pressing on the skin along meridian lines. It may result in the appearance of small red patches.   "Gua" means to scrape or rub. "Sha" means sand particle-like reddish patches on skin. Sha is the term used to describe blood in the subcutaneous tissue before and after it is raised as a small red bump. The Sha bump should fade in 2-4 days.   What are the benefits of Guasha?   Guasha can be used to prevent and treat diseases and strengthen the body. It is especially helpful for pain relief for head, neck, shoulder, joint and back pain, migraine, PMS, osteoporosis, rheumatism. It is also able to provide relief for various ailments caused by functional disharmony of the internal organs.   Guasha tunes up our own internal self-healing mechanism, stimulates the immune system, detoxifies and de-acidifies, promotes the circulation, regulates functions and organs, removes blockades and pain, revitalizes and regenerates, diminishes stress, fatigue and burn-out, rebalances emotions, relaxes and promotes a healthy state of being.   Guasha treatment invloves the use of specially formulated herbal essential oils on a particular area of the skin before "scraping" the area with a guasha scraping board. The herbal essential oil will lubricate the scraping and supply critical herbal ingredients to boost the therapeutic effects on the meridians. The guasha scraping board is usually made of buffalo horn or jade. Where there are blockages (meaning where disorders are hidden), red spots appear under the skin. There is no pain felt either during nor after the treatment. On the contrary, relief is felt almost instantly. The red spots will fully disappear within 3 to 7 days.       刮痧是什么?   刮痧是在中医刮的经络学说和生物的全息理论指导下进行的，主要功能是增强人体的自我康复能力。用具有刮痧本草精油和刮痧板，刮痧板常用的有水牛角和玉石两种。操作方法是用刮痧板在涂了刮痧本草精油的皮肤上刮，因为体表和脏腑有一定的联系，能够达到治疗效果。 刮痧的痧是什么？ 有代谢产物的血液。体内的风湿之气和血液里的一些代谢产物，引起了血液循环障碍就会出痧刮出来的痧和淤血不是一回事：淤血多是由外伤引起的，出血量比较多，有淤血的部位都疼痛，活动不便。刮痧以后出现的红色或者紫红色的斑点，出血量很少，是从毛细血管中渗透出来的，刮完痧就是在皮肤下面，我们看得见的一种红色或者紫红色的斑点和斑片，实际上是渗出于血管之外含以后就不痛了，而且由于痧的排出促进了血液循环，增加了新陈代谢的速度，具有治疗的作用刮痧入门是非常容易的，非常适合家庭保健，没有什么医学基础知识也照样可以学会。首先一定要有刮痧本草精油，刮痧本草精油有润滑的作用，里面含有一些中药成分，可以活血化瘀、减轻刮痧过程中的疼痛、预防感染。刮痧板的特殊形状 是为了适应身体各个解剖位置的需要，这样刮起来对经络和穴位的刺激作用会更到位，效果也会更好。 刮痧的方法不仅能治疗颈椎病、腰腿疼、肩周炎、骨质增生，还有调节内脏的作用。这是因为刮痧的具体部位与内脏都是有联系的，如小指的经络是直接通到心脏的，与大指相连的经络直接通到肺脏，刮痧时通过经络的传导作用可以调整心肺功能，实际上刮痧是在调动人体内部的一种康复能力，人有病不一定就必须打针吃药，我们体内就有一个很好的大药库，这个药库也就是自身的经络系统，比如心脏不好的人可以经常刮一刮内关。 先涂刮痧本草精油，手托住要刮的部位，让患者肌肉放松，然后用刮板从上向下的刮，刮痧基本的操作方式是从上向下、从里向外，而且刮板和身体基本上呈 45度夹角，要有一定的压力。一直刮到局部毛孔张开了就可以了。等到痧退了以后就可以刮第二次了。 刮痧的注意事项 人体最大的器官是皮肤，皮肤保护着人体不受细菌的侵犯，而且皮肤有代谢的功能，刮痧使毛孔张开后把体内的废物通过皮肤代谢出去了，这也是刮痧作用的一个方面。当然也不能说把全身皮肤都刮一刮，皮肤张开后全身的疾病就解除了。刮痧的时候要背着风，因为刮痧使毛孔张开后如果被风吹着容易中寒邪 饥饿状态、运动后、大出血后体质都比较虚弱，不宜刮痧。